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As one may bring himself to believe almost anything he is inclined to believe, it makes all the difference whether we begin or end with the inquiry, 'What is truth?'
Richard Whately
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.
Richard Whately
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
Richard Whately
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
Richard Whately
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
Richard Whately
A man will never change his mind if he have no mind to change.
Richard Whately
Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth but either should set us upon testing ourselves.
Richard Whately
The word knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things truth, proof, and conviction.
Richard Whately
Not in books only, nor yet in oral discourse, but often also in words there are boundless stores of moral and historic truth, and no less of passion and imagination laid up, from which lessons of infinite worth may be derived.
Richard Whately
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Richard Whately
Occupation:
British Rhetorician
Born:
February 1, 1787
Died:
October 8, 1863
Quotes count:
35
Wikipedia:
Richard Whately
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